1988 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1988 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. It was Barry Switzer's final year as head coach of the Sooners.

1988 Oklahoma Sooners football
Florida Citrus Bowl, vs. Clemson, L 6–13
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
1988 record	9–3 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Barry Switzer (16th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Donnan (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Gibbs (8th season)
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)

1988 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	4:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*	No. 4	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	W 28–0	53,675
September 17	1:30 p.m.	Arizona*	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 28–10	75,004
September 24	2:30 p.m.	at No. 5 USC*	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 7–23	86,124
October 1	1:30 p.m.	Iowa State	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 35–7	75,004
October 8	1:30 p.m.	vs. Texas*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	CBS	W 28–13	75,587
October 15	1:30 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 70–24	73,800
October 22	7:00 p.m.	at Colorado	No. 8	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	W 17–14	49,716
October 29	1:30 p.m.	Kansas	No. 8	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PPV	W 63–14	75,004
November 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 12 Oklahoma State	No. 8	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Game)	ESPN	W 31–28	50,440
November 12	1:30 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 8	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	PPV	W 16–7	40,704
November 19	2:30 p.m.	No. 7 Nebraska	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	CBS	L 3–7	75,004
January 2, 1989	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Clemson*	No. 10	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 6–13	53,571
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1988 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OG 66 Brian Brauninger So WR 36 Eric Bross Jr WR 83 Carl Cabbiness Sr WR 16 Chris Cabbiness So QB 4 Jamelle Holieway (C) Sr OG 68 Anthony Phillips (C) Sr RB 25 Anthony Stafford (C) Sr QB 6 Charles Thompson  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 49 Scott Garl (C) Sr NG 71 Harold Jones So LB 46 Kert Kaspar Sr DB 22 Kevin Thompson Jr NG 96 Andre Williams Jr DT 93 Curtice Williams Sr NG 98 Dante Williams Jr NG 99 Tony Woods Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 13 R.D. Lashar So	Head coach Barry Switzer Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Donnan – Offensive coordinator Gary Gibbs – Defensive coordinator Scott Hill Merv Johnson Mike Jones Charley North Bobby Proctor Charlie Sadler Lucious Selmon Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

Further information: 1988 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

at North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma 14 7 7 0 28 North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 Date: September 10 Location: Kenan Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 53,675

See also: 1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	1987	W 28–0

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Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 3 0 7 0 10 • Oklahoma 7 7 7 7 28 Date: September 17 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 75,004

Scoring summary Q1 ARIZ Pfaff 38 yard field goal ARIZ 3–0 Q1 OKLA Perry 1 yard run (Lashar kick) OKLA 7–3 Q2 OKLA Holieway 5 yard run (Lashar kick) OKLA 14–3 Q3 ARIZ Hampton 9 yard run (Pfaff kick) OKLA 14–10 Q3 OKLA Bross 43 yard pass from Holieway (Lashar kick) OKLA 21–10 Q4 OKLA Stafford 5 yard run (Lashar kick) OKLA 28–10

See also: 1988 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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at USC

See also: 1988 USC Trojans football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Oklahoma (2-0)	0	0	7	0	7
#5 USC (2-0)	7	13	0	3	23

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Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa St 0 7 0 0 7 • Oklahoma 14 7 14 0 35 Date: October 1 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 75,004

See also: 1988 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–4–2	1987	W 28–0

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vs. Texas

See also: 1988 Texas Longhorns football team and Oklahoma–Texas football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas (3-1)	0	0	7	6	13
#10 Oklahoma (3-1)	6	8	7	7	28

Kansas State

See also: 1988 Kansas State Wildcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas St	0	0	7	17	24
#9 Oklahoma (4-1)	35	14	7	14	70

at Colorado

See also: 1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Oklahoma (5-1)	7	7	0	3	17
Colorado (5-1)	6	8	0	0	14

Kansas

See also: 1988 Kansas Jayhawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas (0-7)	14	0	0	0	14
#8 Oklahoma (6-1)	14	7	14	28	63

at Oklahoma State

See also: 1988 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

#8 Oklahoma at #12 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma 21 3 0 7 31 Oklahoma St 7 7 0 14 28 Date: November 5 Location: Lewis Field Game attendance: 50,440

Scoring summary 1 OKLA Gaddis 13-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 7-0 1 OKLA Gaddis 44-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 14-0 1 OKST Gundy 4-yard run (Blanchard kick) Oklahoma 14-7 1 OKLA Perry 7-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 21-7 2 OKST Dykes 2-yard pass from Gundy (Blanchard kick) Oklahoma 21-14 2 OKLA Lashar 27-yard field goal Oklahoma 24-14 4 13:37 OKST Sanders 1-yard run (Blanchard kick) Oklahoma 24-21 4 8:45 OKST Sanders 1-yard run (Blanchard kick) Oklahoma St 28-24 4 2:33 OKLA Thompson 18-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 31-28

See also: 1988 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and Bedlam Series

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
65–11–6	1987	W 29–10

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at Missouri

See also: 1988 Missouri Tigers football team and Missouri–Oklahoma football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Oklahoma (8-1)	10	6	0	0	16
Missouri	0	0	7	0	7

Nebraska

Nebraska at Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 0 0 0 7 Oklahoma 0 0 3 0 3 Date: 1988-11-19 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,004

See also: 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–27–3	1987	W 17–7

vs. Clemson (Florida Citrus Bowl)

Clemson vs. Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total • #13 Tigers 0 6 0 7 13 #10 Sooners 3 0 3 0 6 Date: January 1 Location: Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL Game attendance: 53,571 Referee: Dick Burleson

See also: 1988 Clemson Tigers football team and 1989 Florida Citrus Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1972	W 52–3

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Awards

DT Scott Evans

• All-Big Eight

DB Scott Garl

• All-Big Eight

OG Anthony Phillips

• consensus All-American
• NCAA Top Six Award

QB Charles Thompson

• All-Big Eight

DT Curtice Williams

• All-Big Eight

NG Tony Woods

• All-Big Eight

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References

1. "1980s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
2. 2011 Oklahoma football supplement
3. SoonerStats.com Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Oct-21.
4. SoonerStats.com Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Oct-23.
5. Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sep 18. Retrieved 2017-Aug-27.
6. "Oklahoma Feels Crunch of U.S.C." The New York Times. September 25, 1988. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
7. SoonerStats.com Archived 2016-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Nov-06.
8. Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 6.
9. "THE OTHER BOWL GAMES : Citrus Bowl : Sooners Beaten at Pass by Clemson". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
10. 2011 Oklahoma football media guide